#superjury2020

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SUPERjury

Sponsored by RINKA

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SUPERjury, hosted by The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and The School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP), is a final celebration of the year’s most innovative and contemporary work at SARUP. Throughout the year, SARUP produces incredible work from all levels of students that often goes unrecognized. In addition to celebrating that student work, this event provides an opportunity for all students and faculty to get involved and learn about each studio’s curriculum. This year's nominated projects will be presented online through a the new online sarupgallery. Voting will take place digitally and winners will be announced during SARUP’s virtual Tea and Bikkies event on Friday, May 15th.

Distinction is the highest level a project can be awarded. The second level is Merit. The third level is Honorable Mention.

For context, Arch 310 and Arch 320 are sophomore undergraduate (BSAS) studios. These are the first studios in their undergraduate education. Arch 410 and 420 are the junior year undergraduate studios. Arch 810 and Arch 820 are the first two studios for the 3 year MArch (non-architecture background) program. Arch 825 is the graduate (MArch) comprehensive studio. Lastly, all elective studios, Arch 650/850, are a mix of undergraduate (BSAS) and graduate (MArch) students.

SUPERjury Winners

Distinction

Bella Biwer, Armand Gamboa, + Clair Hitchcock Tilton, Unidad, Critic: Jose Ibarra

David Katz, Apartment Structure, Critic: Michael Jefferson 

Caroline Schlosser, Lucas Dedrick, DJ Curley, SIGLUAQ, Critic: Jose Ibarra

Jansen Van Grinsven, Museum of Hip Hop, Critic: Chris Cornelius 

Merit

Lisa Sun, Steel Gardens, Critic: Kyle Talbott

Edward Fang, Deep Learning House, Critic: Michael Jefferson

Natalie Kuehl, A Dwelling with Character, Critic: Nikole Bouchard

Edward Fang, Milwaukee Inflatable Museum, Critic: Filip Tejchman

Kim Workman, The Estuary, Critic: Alex Timmer

Lexie Peterson, Tectonic Fragment, Critic: Karl Wallick    

Bailey Abbott & Jack Glavin, 19/1, Critic: Alex Timmer

Kim Workman, Museum of Hip Hop, Critic: Chris Cornelius

Honorable Mention    

Seth Calmes, Scholar’s Residency, Critic: Marc Roerhle   

Connor Howard, Moonrock Boathouse + Spa, Critic: Monika Thadhani

Rachel Bergelin, Thermal Cascade, Critic: Bill Noelck 

Claire Hitchcock Tilton, Seed Bank, Critic: Kyle Talbot

Amanda Golemba, Gridded, Critic: Jim Wasley

Max Driftmier, Sea Lion Zoo, Critic: Lucille Sells

Will Bowman, UWM Student Dorm, Critic: Brian Schermer

Conor Howard, UWM Eco-Residence Hall, Critic: Tim Wolosz

Thesis Prize

Gabrielle Fishbaine, A Tale of Water, Waste, and Human Trace, Chair: Kyle Reynolds

Jacob Kleveland, Conventional Parts, Novel Spaces, Chair: Alex Timmer

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Project Description

This thesis project involves the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of an early 20th century warehouse building located in the historic Third Ward district of Milwaukee into a thriving artists’ gallery and community.

The focus of the project is to incorporate modern and contemporary materials, specifically structural glass elements, into the existing historic building. Oftentimes, architects add new additions or features to existing buildings that are often distracting and attract attention away from the existing building and its vernacular beauty. The proposed design would be clearly contemporary in nature so as not to be confused with original historic work and the transparency of all-glass structures to allow historic solid materials to dominate and the true visual beauty of the historic work to resonate strongly. A new and exciting architecture can emerge as a result of the stark contrast between these very light, clear, modern and ephemeral design elements and the historic solid architecture.

In addition to the existing building, other new developments will be added for exclusive use by the artists such as a 60-bed apartment building, townhomes, studio spaces and a large outdoor plaza and pedestrian path to be utilized for outdoor display of artwork and events.

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Project Description

Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood has become a transitory neighborhood with no community center. However, its proximity to downtown and to the Milwaukee River make it an ideal place for a community focused development. Intentional communities are residential developments planned with a common goal in mind. They are typically formed around the idea of social cohesion and shared ideals. This project combines architectural patterns from successful intentional communities to create a framework for an intentional community that exemplifies the triple bottom line: people, profit, planet. This thesis explores implementing these patterns in a site-specific way to create a resilient community that encourages social connectivity, supports urban development through commercial and live/work spaces, and responds to rainwater mitigation and filtration.

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(TRUST)

Telugu for Trust….”complete confidence in a person or plan “The doctor-patient relationship is based on trust.”

In 2015, Joanna Paidipamula was living with her family in Akkireddigudem, India. She contracted an acute form of tonsillitis and needed immediate medical care which was over an hour away. She was stabilized at the hospital but passed days later. She left behind her husband Sunder and two children, Avadh and Anaya, whom I visited in their village last October. In recent years, medical centers are being constructed within India in response to shortages. These newly constructed spaces address the needs of the people, however, many medical centers are designed by doctors who don’t consider the patient experience.

Spaces innately affect occupants physically, emotionally and spiritually. Without being mindful of these effects, spaces can cause fractured experiences when they are designed in ways that reflect the opposite of their intentions. Medical centers near the village of Akkireddigudem, India, provide essential healthcare, yet the designs of these spaces don’t reflect the sense of trust that their services intend to create. Rather, these spaces often create an added sense of uncertainty which can lead to visitor apprehension or distrust. The result of this thesis will be the construction of the Joanna Memorial Center in Akkireddigudem, India, which seeks to imbue trust through its gridded plan, the arugu, the haven, layered screens, authentic material, and shaded roof that encourages the seeking of its services for the immediate and surrounding villages.

For more information, visit www.joannamemorialcenter.com

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Project Description

A conversation within social housing about the individual versus the community. This project highlights 16 separate units stretching along the entire site, which is located in the Third Ward, Milwaukee. These units are not the same, but equal; some have a stair that extends up to the roof, whereas some have a backyard and are ADA accessible. Expressing a literal individuality within the units, the units punch in and out of the retaining wall and create different environments for each unit. The community space formality is simple with two ‘boxes’ on top of each other, with the bottom box having a slight angle to create a boundary between the public and private individual units. At that moment the building also carves in its own entrance. Overall this project is having a conversation about the individual over the community within social housing.

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Project Description

The goal of this project was to connect the underdeveloped parts of Milwaukee’s Third Ward District to the existing city by acknowledging and understanding the existing movements of the urban form. Throughout my transformation of the underutilized area of Milwaukee, I devised an urban greenway that cuts through the site, as well as an urban pathway that connects the Third Ward District the existing bike path along the lake, Riverwalk, and Downtown. In the hopes of creating a new permanent adaptive component of city life and devise a renewed sense of character for a redeveloped part of the city that can continually evolve and promote livability with a more pedestrian footprint. For my focus area, I wanted to create unique connections to people and places to create a vibrant urban community. I carefully considered the angles of my hotel to respond to the two corresponding north and south streets to create a “gateway” into the focal point of my project. As well as meticulously considering the different street layers to reclaim the ordinary and create dynamic spaces that merge the public and private realm.

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Project Description

Arch 650 Urban Design Studio focused on the underdeveloped east side of the Third Ward in Milwaukee. Among the surface lot ridden land stands a blackhole in the neighborhood stretching two blocks long. This was previously known as the A. Gagliano Co. warehouse buildings and was used for ripening tomatoes. Instead of demolishing this cheap metal clad building, I set to transform it into affordable work / live residencies for artists in Milwaukee. I focused on the north building and developed Buffalo Street into a pedestrian public space. The transformed north building includes 24 residencies and 19 studio spaces, while the south building contains a restaurant and formal gallery. The north building also includes a cafe and bloody bar adjacent to the public space and a produce market to the northwest. The project aims to create a small artist community as well as an iconic place people want to visit in the less travelled part of the Third Ward.

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Project Description

The mission of this project was to design a competitively-priced, zero-energy ready, suburban single-family production home. It will be a baseline for energy-efficient homes in the area. We worked as a team with engineers at UW-Madison to submit this design to the Solar Decathlon and presented our work in front of several judges and viewers. This design demonstrates the adaptability of our home by creating a production house design that can be applied to any lot located in the upper Midwest. To achieve this we focused on two clients: the home builders and the homeowners. The design is responsive to Midwestern clients interested in an updated Arts and Crafts/Craftsman style, and supportive to builder’s goals of economy of form and materials. This house will be an affordable, and modifiable house that can be built quicker and more efficiently than a typical home. This is the new standard for affordable and sustainable homes that actively fights climate change by reducing residential energy consumption. This home will be built for a family in Verona, WI. The design methods I went with on this home were around open concept and breaking up the house in a service/served style. Though a small footprint, an open floor plan and vaulted living space makes the space feel larger. The modern craftsman is now functional for the everyday Midwestern, and is a model for energy savings.